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Afghan mine-clearing workers killed in gun attack
Jun 09, 2021 08:47Another day of bloodshed in Afghanistan, with gunmen targeting workers at a mine-clearing compound in the country's north. Kabul is blaming the Taliban for the attack, but the group denies any involvement.
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Iran unhappy with water right from river shared with Afghanistan
Jun 08, 2021 23:57Iranian Energy Ministry officials have renewed their dissatisfaction over the share of water coming from the Helmand River in Afghanistan, saying the eastern neighbor should fully observe the terms of a 1973 river-sharing agreement between the two countries.
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Taliban kill 14 Afghan security forces, hold dozens captive, in raid on police HQ
Jun 06, 2021 08:17More than a dozen Afghan security forces have been killed and dozens of others held captive after the Taliban attacked a police headquarters in southwestern Afghanistan.
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Roadside bomb kills 11 people in Afghanistan’s Badghis: Officials
Jun 06, 2021 03:06A road bomb explosion has killed at least 11 people in Afghanistan’s northwestern Province of Badghis, local officials say.
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Afghan, Iranian political elites mark passing anniv. of Imam Khomeini
Jun 04, 2021 05:27A number of Iranian and Afghan political and religious figures have held a webinar to discuss various aspects of the thought of the late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini.
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Eight martyred as twin blasts hit buses in Kabul's Shia Muslim Hazara neighborhoods
Jun 04, 2021 00:24Two separate bomb blasts have ripped through minibuses near a Shia Muslim Hazara neighborhood in the Afghan capital Kabul, martyring at least eight people and injuring nine others, police sources say.
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African Union suspends Mali over coup, says soldiers belong in barracks
Jun 02, 2021 08:22Mali's second military coup in nine months has elicited a chorus of condemnation, with the latest stern rebuke coming from the African Union, which has both suspended the country with immediate effect and threatened it with more sanctions.
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At least 10 martyred, 12 wounded in bomb attacks in Kabul
Jun 02, 2021 00:01Three bomb explosions have rocked the Afghan capital city of Kabul, claiming the lives of at least 10 people and plunging the city into darkness, according to Afghan government officials.
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Iran to grant scholarships to graduates of Afghan school hit by terrorist attack
Jun 01, 2021 00:36Iran’s Alzahra University says it has approved a plan to grant scholarships to 50 graduates of an Afghan girls’ high school, which was targeted by a terrorist bomb attack in early May.
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Mortar shell hits Afghan wedding, killing several civilians
May 30, 2021 08:19A mortar shell has hit a wedding ceremony in northern Afghanistan, killing at least six civilians and wounding several others, as violent conflict continues between the Taliban and Afghan forces.